Dear Doctor: What are the major risk factors for a colon polyp to become cancerous?
ANSWER: A colonoscopy is both a screening tool for cancer and a way to prevent cancer by removing polyps before they can get advanced enough to turn into cancer (let alone spread). The major risk ...
What you need to know about colon cancer
The following information was submitted by Intermountain Health.Colorectal cancer is the second most common cancer and the ...
What you need to know about early onset colon cancer
Cases of early onset colorectal cancer, occurring in people between the ages of 20 and 45, have increased in recent decades.